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width varies from 2 feet at the east end to 3 feet 2 inches at the 

 west end. Another chamber runs from north to south at right 

 angles to this. The entrance near the south end has been made 

 by a removed slab, and the full length of the chamber is 12 feet 

 5 inches ; it measures 1 foot 6 inches wide at the north end, and 

 3 feet 2 inches in the middle. It is 2 feet high, and roofed by 

 four immense slabs. The whole has been much injured in the 

 course of time, and the east end of the first chamber is choked, and 

 the connection could not be shown without clearing. The trouble 

 would hardly be repaid, as there are no indications of any special 

 feature to be discovered. 



PouLNARAHA, MiLLTOWN (0. S. 47). — About half a mile from Mill- 

 town, on the left of the road to Kilburn House, is the fine rath named 

 Poulnaraha. It is splendidly situated, and has a good double rampart; 

 the outer has been much cut into in places ; it is 8 feet high on the 

 outside, 16 feet on the inside, and 14 feet wide in some places. From 

 its centre across the fosse to the centre of the inner rampart is 32 feet, 

 and the height of the latter is 12 feet. The breadth of the rath is 

 130 feet. It is planted with trees, and disfigured by a small, modern 

 house, built within the enclosure, by the owner of the soil, as a summer 

 pleasure house ; but this is now abandoned and in disrepair. On the 

 north-east side is a great hollow, descending in a low but precipitous 

 cliff of rock from the inner rampart to a depth of 35 feet. The outer 

 rampart ran to the edge of this, so that the hollow formed a natural 

 protection on this side. Over a ledge of the cliff the inner rampart is 

 broken, and an entrance formed into a chamber lOh feet long and 

 5 feet high ; it varies in width from 4 feet to 3^ feet (Plate II.). The 

 walls are of large, field stones, built in the usual fashion ; and the roof 

 is formed of four great slabs completely covering the chamber. From 

 this a passage opens to the west, measuring 2 feet 9 inches long, 2 feet 

 2 inches wide, and 2^ feet high. This enters a second chamber, now 

 unroofed, measuring 14|- feet long ; the walls curve inwards in the 

 usual fashion, the breadth at the bottom being 3 feet 4 inches, and at 

 the top 2 feet 2 inches. The floor is covered with the fallen slabs 

 and loose stones, but the walls are fairly perfect. A slab in the ground 

 near the surface indicates that a passage opened off the west end of 

 the open chamber, but this is now closed, and we had no opportunity 

 of getting permission to explore it further. The whole forms a very 

 good example of an inland cliff fort, and, considering its position, by 

 the roadside, tlie road actually cutting into the outer rampart, it is 

 in a very good state of preservation. 



